Vice President Mike Pence is visiting the border in Calexico, California Monday to oversee the building of a border fence.
Mike Pence met with Border Patrol agents and told them that the Trump administration was going to build a wall on the southern border.
Vice President Mike Pence meeting with border officials telling them both he and @realDonaldTrump are committed to building a wall @CBS8 @News8 @thecwsandiego pic.twitter.com/tfodfb81K8
— Shannon Handy (@ShannonNews8) April 30, 2018
Vice President Mike Pence promised a group of Border Patrol agents at the El Centro station that the wall along all of the southern border as promised by apresident Trump will be built. pic.twitter.com/0AX516lH8l
— John Gibbins (@JohnGibbinsSDUT) April 30, 2018
This comes on the heels of a caravan of Central American migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border over the weekend.
Republican U.S. vice presidential nominee Governor Mike Pence laughs as he discusses an issue with Democratic U.S. vice presidential nominee Senator Tim Kaine (off camera) during their vice presidential debate at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, October 4, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Many arrived at the border on Sunday and plan to request asylum, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Vice President Mike Pence laughs along with Senior Advisor Jared Kushner during a news conference by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, February 16, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Pence’s border wall visit will be sure to irritate immigration advocates.
Indeed, protesters arrived for Pence’s visit:
Update: Vice President Mike Pence arrives the U.S.-Mexico border to view new fence at Calexico. https://t.co/mzXbVBNPho pic.twitter.com/Zn2BOuK7fI
— The Desert Sun (@MyDesert) April 30, 2018
The caravan of migrants has become a contentious issue in the United States, and President Trump has tweeted about it.
The big Caravan of People from Honduras, now coming across Mexico and heading to our “Weak Laws” Border, had better be stopped before it gets there. Cash cow NAFTA is in play, as is foreign aid to Honduras and the countries that allow this to happen. Congress MUST ACT NOW!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 3, 2018
